Passenger-car.



No. 887.804. PATENTED MAY 19, 1908. J. H. HERBST, H. PASS M. SEANK.

PASSENGER GAR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 24, 1907.

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No. 887,804. PATENTED'MAY 19, 1908. J. H. HBRBST, H. PASS & IVLSHANK. PASSENGER GAR.

APPLICATION FILED 1930.24, 1907.

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JOSEPH HERBST, HYMAN FASS, AND MAURICE SHANK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PASSENGER-CAR. l

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 24;, 1907. Serial No. 407,958.

Patented May 19, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that we, JosnrH H. HERBST and HYMANFASS, subjects of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary} and MAURIC SHnNK, a citizen of the'Unite'd States, all residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Passenger Cars, of which the. following is 'aaspecification,reference being hadto the accompanying drawings. I

Our invention relates to improvements in passenger cars; and an object of our invens tion is to provide a passenger car having means for reve'ntlng the passengers who are entering t e car from interfering with the movements of the passengers who are leavin it.

hnother object of our invention is to provide a passenger car with means whereby the entrance of the passengers operates a register which is beyond the control of the conductor who is made responsible for all fares registered.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of our invention and the best mode now known to us of applying that principle,

Figure 1 is a rear end view partly 1n section;-

Fig. 2.is a section on the line AA of Fig. 1 F'g. 3 is a side elevation of the rear end of the car, the steps being broken away for the purpose of clearness; and Figs. 4 and'5 are details of the turnstile mechanism hereinafter described. M y The car body a is fitted with the seats I; and is supported upon the wheels 0 which travel on the rails d. The rear platform 6 is tends more than half-way provided with a partition wall f which exacross the platform and is formed at its inner edge with'an opening or slot 9 in which travels backand forth the slidable door h. Between the latter and the opposite Well i of the car is placed v a turnstile the shaft of'which carries the arms 7c by which it is turned by the passengers as they enter and pass from the outer compartment 8 to the inner compartment t. The object of the slid'able door h is to permitof the use of shorter arms 7c than would otherwise be possible and thereby to economize room for the installation of the turnstile.. The shaft j of the latter carries at its lower enda gear m which' drives a pinion n to which is pivotally securedone end of a connecting rod or pitnran 0 the othr'end of which is pivotally connected to. a downwardly extending arm p'which'is fastened tothe Statue door h near the lower edge of the to permit a person to pass between the end of the arm and the door. U on pushing the arm k in the direction oft e arrow in '70 Fig. .2, the door it is moved rapidly away from. the turnstile and/gives room for the passage of the person operating the turnstile, the arm 19 traveling in the slot gin the floor r of the platform; and after the passenger has passed beyond the door, the further rotation of the turnstile moves the door rapidly in towards the turnstile to its initialposition. The curved partition wall at serves to 1 make the entering passenger operate' the so turnstile until he has advanced 1t-a complete quarter-turn; and it also serves to shield the turnstile from the view of the outgoing pas- V senger, who. is thereby saved the annoyance of startingin that direction to make his exit. .85 I

The wall 11/ prevents the turnstiles being used by "outgoing passengers, while. the,

ratchet 1) (Figs. 4 and 5') in combination with.

thespring contr-olled awl w. prevents the turning of the'turnstie in more than one so direction. The upper end of the turnstile shaft 4 is connected throughf,,the bevel gears and -the shaft y with the register 2 (Fig. 3) sothata quarter-turn of the shaft j advances the register one unit. The register is suitably incased to prevent tampering with its parts by the conductor or other unauthorized person.

The 1111161 compartment t'ls provided with an exit door 2 upon which is plainly marked the word, Exitfl in order towarn the 'en; tering passenger not to attempt to gain admission to the car through that door. The

latter opens only outwardly and closes automatically. The floor of the inner .compartej ment t is formed with'a curved slot. 3 IFig." 2) in which travels a rod 4 the upper end of which is fastened to the exit door 2 and the lower end of which is pivotally connectedto Qne' end of a locking lever 5 through the 11 0 6 (see the dotted lines in Fig. 2). The free end of the locking lever 5 is formed with a nose 7 which is adapted and designed to engagethe teeth of the ratchet 8 mounted on the lower end of the turnstile shaft (Figs. 1,-

4 and 5). When the exit door 2 1S swung outwardly by the outgoing passenger,- the nose7 engages the ratchet teeth (Fig. 4) and locks the turnstile, whereby the entrance of passengers is prevented during the sengers in the car are leaving it. A spring dog 9 mounted upon the wall it engages the notched disk won the turnstile shaft and arrests the rotation of the latter at the end of every quarter-turn. 3

From the foregoing description takenin connection with the drawings; it will be evident that the entering passengers are so sep arated from the outgoirn passengers that the movements of neither cdass of passe'ngers is interfered with bythe other. Further, the conductor is left free toconcentrate'his attention upon the matter of the collection of fares from the incoming passengers and is made responsible for the dollection ofall fares by reason of the fact that he does ,not participate in the re istering of the fares and must account for al fares registered 'by the operation of the turnstile.

- We claim v I 4 l. The combination with a partition, of a swinging arm the free end of whichis separated from said partition by aninterval; a door slidable across said interval into close proximity with the free end of said arm;-

and mechanism actuated by the rotation of said arm for moving said slidable door across said interval. v V I 2. The combination with a swinging arm, of a slidable door the edge of which is sepa-v rated fi'om the free end of said arm by an interval; and mechanism actuated by the rotation of said arm for bringing the edge of said slidable door into close proximity with the 'free end of said arm. 1 p

3. The combination with a car platform,

of a partition wall mounted thereon; a'turnstile mounted on said: platform and separated from said wall by an interval; and a slidable door-which is moved back and forth across said interval between said partition wall. and

turnstile by the rotation of the latter.

4. The combination with an entrance door; of an exit door; and means actuated by said exit door for locking said entrance door.

- 5. The combinaiion with a turnstile, ofan time pasparts,

the other thereof being controlled by said gate. v 9; The combination with a car platform, of

exit door; and means actuatedby said exit doorfor looking said turnstile.

' 6. The combination, with a car platform, v

of a partition which'separatesthe innerpart' t of. the platform from e outer part thereof; 'a device which controls the passage from the and means actuated by said exit door for locking the said device against movement.

7 The combination with a car platform, of

outer to the inner partof said platform an exit door for the inner part of theplatform;

a partition which separates said platform into two parts; an entrance door which controls the passage from one of said parts to the other thereof; an exit door which controls the passage from one of said parts to the'outr side; and'means actuated by said exit door for locking said entrance door.

8. The combination'with a car provided with a platform, ofregistering mechanism mounted in said car; a gate the movement of whichactuates said mechanism; and a partition which divides said platformintotwo the passage from one oftsaid pfl 'ts to a partition which divides said latform into two parts; a door which contro s the assage from 'one of said parts to the otherl'tereof; and a wall which shields from view said; door v1 0. "The combination with a turnstile, of adoor an edge of which is. movable into close with the free ends of the arms of proximity said turnstile successively by the rotationof said turn-stile.-

11.- The combination with a partition having an opening therethrough, of a turnstile mounted in said opening and separated from the edge of said partitionby an interval; and

a door movable acrosssaidinterval bythe rotation of said turnstile.

In testimony whereof we. have hereunto set our hands at said N'ew'York city this I j twenty fir'st day of December A.ID., 1907 ,1 in the: presence of the two undersigned wit ne'ssesi W JOSEPH H. HERBST. T

HYMAN' FASS. I MAURICE SHANK.

Witnesses:

Isrnon I; KoMrro, R. AU ERB A(JH." 

